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News
29 March 2024
The future of Ukrainian forests: setting priorities for action
A new report, outlining the key priorities and recommended actions for the Ukrainian forest sector, was launched earlier this week. The report summarizes the key recommendations and takeaways from the Forum on Ukraine Forest Science and Education: Needs and Priorities for Collaboration, organized by IIASA and partners in November 2023.
05 March 2024
Ukraine and IIASA: celebrating 30 years of cooperation
This year, the institute celebrates 30 years of Ukraine’s IIASA membership – a period marked by many impactful research partnerships in forestry, agriculture, water resource management, and energy, among others. Amid the challenges posed by the ongoing conflict in the country, IIASA is proud to highlight some of its achievements and joint projects with Ukrainian scientists.
15 February 2024
Significant greenhouse gas emissions resulting from conflict in Ukraine
An international team of scientists examined the first 18 months since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, exploring its consequences beyond the loss of life, with the primary focus on military emissions. Their findings underscore limitations in the current emission reporting framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Events
IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria and online
Forum on Ukraine Forest Science and Education: Needs and Priorities for Collaboration
IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria
GAINS Workshop for EECCA Countries
Focus
09 April 2024
Forest science and education in Ukraine: Priorities for action
Ukraine’s forest sector is suffering unprecedented challenges. War has impacted both forests and forestry – devastating forest areas, infrastructure and industry, as well as causing ‘brain drain’ and capacity loss due to the disruption of research institutions and the displacement of students and scientists. These impacts are compounded by factors including climate change, unstable forest health dynamics, landscape fires, and an overall decrease in forest productivity.
02 October 2023
Feasible futures
Policy Brief #41, October 2023. Embracing the notion of feasibility, this research shows that the world will probably overshoot
1.5°C, largely owing to low institutional capacity. Energy demand reduction and electrification are two options to turn down the heat, and addressing weak institutions is crucial.
Projects
Link4Skills (Link4Skills)
Integrated modeling for robust management of food-energy-water-land use nexus security and sustainable development
Publications
Bun, R., Marland, G., Oda, T., See, L. , Puliafito, E., Nahorski, Z., Jonas, M. , Kovalyshyn, V., Ialongo, I., Yashchun, O., & Romanchuk, Z. (2024). Quantifying unaccounted greenhouse gas emissions due to the war in Ukraine – driver analysis, emission estimation, and implications to emission reporting. DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu24-20413. In: EGU General Assembly 2024, 14-19 April 2024, Vienna. Bun, R., Marland, G., Oda, T., See, L. , Puliafito, E., Nahorski, Z., Jonas, M. , Kovalyshyn, V., Ialongo, I., Yashchun, O., & Romanchuk, Z. (2024). Tracking unaccounted greenhouse gas emissions due to the war in Ukraine since 2022. Science of the Total Environment 914 e169879. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.169879. Matsala, M., Odruzhenko, A., Hinchuk, T., Myroniuk, V., Drobyshev, I., Sydorenko, S., Zibtsev, S., Milakovsky, B., Shchepashchenko, D. , Kraxner, F., & Bilous, A. (2024). War drives forest fire risks and highlights the need for more ecologically-sound forest management in post-war Ukraine. Scientific Reports 14 (1) e4131. 10.1038/s41598-024-54811-5. Poblete Cazenave, M. & Pachauri, S. (2023). Household Energy Burdens in Europe following the Russian Incursion into Ukraine. IIASA Working Paper. Laxenburg, Austria: WP-23-011 Leal Filho, W., Platje, J.J., Eustachio, J.H.P.P., & Hunt, J. (2023). Collateral Damage: War in Ukraine Endangers Food Security in Africa. In: SDGs in the European Region. Eds. Leal Filho, W., Dinis, M.A.P., Moggi, S., Price, E., & Hope, A., pp. 1-8 Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-91261-1 10.1007/978-3-030-91261-1_105-1. Rowe, F., Neville, R., & González-Leonardo, Miguel (2022). Sensing Population Displacement from Ukraine Using Facebook Data: Potential Impacts and Settlement Areas. OSF Preprints 10.31219/osf.io/7n6wm. (Submitted)